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Acting · 1935 to 2020

David Prowse

Best rated: Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (8.7)

Films
8
Avg rating
6.70
Peak run
1970’80
7+ run
2 films
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The career

David Prowse, acting career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run
Peak 1970 to 1980, 6.94567891968197019721974197619781980Star Wars: Episode V - Th… 8.7Frankenstein and the Mons… 6.2Career avg 6.70

Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.

David Prowse's career barcodecoolhot
19678 films1980
Current formLast 5: 6.94 vs career 6.70 (+0.24)
  1. LThe Horror of Frankenstein1970 · 5.8−0.9
  2. LFrankenstein and the Monster from Hell1974 · 6.2−0.5
  3. LThe People That Time Forgot1977 · 5.4−1.3
  4. WStar Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope1977 · 8.6+1.9
  5. WStar Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back1980 · 8.7+2.0
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes

David by the numbers

Average
6.70
6 rated films
Vote weighted
7.11
bigger films count more
Median
6.0
half are better
Consistency
±1.54
rating spread
Career
14y
1967 to 1980
Total votes
3.13M
across every film
Best
8.7
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
Worst
6.2
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell
Newest first

Filmography

Acting filmography
1980Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back posterStar Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes BackDarth Vader8.71.53M
1977The People That Time ForgotExecutioner5.44,123
1977Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope posterStar Wars: Episode IV - A New HopeLord Darth Vader8.61.59M
1974Frankenstein and the Monster from HellMonster6.25,187
1973Black SnakeJonathan Walker·765
1973White CargoHarry·312
1970The Horror of FrankensteinThe Monster5.83,445
1967I Am What I AmJelly-Roll's Partner5.51,045
Takes

On David Prowse

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